Description

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SS9745 CHURCH STREET, Alcombe 900-1/4/131 (East side) 28/10/76 The Old Presbytery, Corner Cottage and rear walls to The Old Presbytery (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET, Alcombe (East side) St Austell House, The Old Presbytery, Corner Cottage and Manoah)

GV II

2 cottages, probably formerly one older house. C18 with early C19 alteration and fenestration. Painted render over rubblestone, crested plain tile roof with exposed rafter ends, hipped with a gablet to the right, brick stacks to gable ends, left front slope and right eaves. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Corner Cottage occupies the range to the right with entrances to the front and right return. C20 two-light casement windows. The Presbytery is a virtually symmetrical 3-window range to Church Street with a tiled lean-to porch to the centre. 2-light casement windows to first floor, C19 two-light casement window to left of front door and a C20 window to the right. The rear is 3 storeys with three 3/6-pane sash windows to the second floor, 6/6-pane sashes to the first floor over a C19 tall 3-light window of 4 vertical panes to each leaf below to the right. INTERIOR: a through passage and a studded wall to the left of it (now covered) indicate that this was probably formerly a 3-unit-plan house. The C19 three-light window to the ground floor has panelled shutters; a C18 staircase with fretted ends and traces of former stick balusters remain. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached high rubblestone walls approx 40m long to each side of the tapered rear garden terminate at a rubblestone outhouse approx 3m x 3.5m.

Listing NGR: SS9763545127

External Links

• Wikidata Q26502156

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)